Manifolding pack



Oct. 27, 1942'. A. A. JOHNSON MANIIFOLDING PACK Filed March 28, 1941.612 com no LOIZ 00m 00.

INVENTOR UNlTEl) STATES PATENT OFFICE MANIFOLDING PACK Arthur A.Johnson,

Bridgeport, Conn., assignor to Autographic Register Company, Hoboken, N.J a corporation of New Jersey Application March 28, 1941, Serial No.385,610 8 Claims. (Cl. 2, 2 11.5) This invention relates to manifolding,and,

more particularly, to the facilitating of the'strlpping of transfersheets from record sheets of a set of sheets severd from a continuouspile of strips.

The construction shown herein is an improvement on the inventiondisclosed in my application Serial Number 332,063, filed January 12,1929, now Patent No. 2,258,576, granted October 7, 1941.

According to the present invention, the weak ened line of severance inthe transfer strip while it deviates from the line of severance in therecord strip so as to provide gripping and gripescape portions ontherecord and transfer sheets, terminates at both side edges of the pileat points substantially in registry with the respective terminals of thelines of severance of the record strips.

This permits the tearing of the record and transfer strips to be startedat the same place both when the tear starts from the left and when itstarts from the right, thus facilitating the severing operation.

Further, according to this invention, the weak- Other features andadvantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pile of manifolding materialembodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a part of the strip shown in Fig. I laid outflat, and showing the relation between the record and transfer strips.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the transfer strip alone.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing one set of record and transfersheets torn off with the ends of the strips from which it is torn.

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing an embodiment of this invention, with twostaples to each sheet length.

Fig. 6 is a similar view, showing the staple located close to a lateraledge of the sheet.

ening line in the transfer strip is uninterrupted by abrupt turns, suchas is present when a relatively small tab is formed either at an edge orbetween edges of the strip, and thus smooth continuous tearing willoccur, and false tears are greatly avoided. I

In the illustrated embodiment of this inven-' tion, the tear line in thetransfer strip is arcuate throughout and so proportioned and arrangedwith relation to the record weakening line that the latter forms thechord of the are. When the strips are zigzag folded at sheet lengthintervals, the line of fold in the transfer also forms the chord of thearc of the tear line. The finger. grip and grip-escape portions formedon the transfer sheet extend substantially the full width of the sheet,and thus may be grasped and grasped over respectively with greater easeand facility than the usual relatively small half circle tabs nowcommonly in use.

The strips may be fastened together by staples or stitching, and sincethe tab of the present invention is wide, two staples may be used oneach line of severance of the records, making for security againstrelative movement occurring be- Fig. 7 is a plan view of a modified formof this invention.

As shown in the accompanying drawing, the.

record strips I0, of which there may be any desired number, areinterleaved with transfer or carbon strips ll so that writing performedon the uppermost strip will be reproduced on the lower strips. Therecord strips Ill usually have printed matter I2 so as to constituteprinted forms which may be filled in by hand or on the typewriter. Thestrips Ill are divided by transversely extending lines of weakening l3into form or sheet lengths, and it is along these lines of weakening l3that the record strip may be torn to produce record sheets. The pile ofstrips I 0 and H is usually zigzag folded along the weakening lines I3to form a zigzag folded pack l4 shown in Fig. 1. v

In my copending application Serial No. 332,063, filed January 12, 1929,now Patent No. 2,258,573, granted October 7, 1941, I have disclosedmeans for facilitatingthe stripping of the carbon sheets from therecord'sheets of a severed set of sheets, and, in some embodiments ofsaid invention, the line of weakening at sheet length intervals in thecarbon strip is so arranged as to deviate from the line of weakening inthe superposed record strip, providinga projecting portion at one end ofthe carbon sheet and asp'ace at themther end of the carbon sheet,permitting the carbon and record sheets to be grasped independently anddrawn apart to strip the carbons from the records,

In the usual embodiment of said invention, the line of weakening in thecarbon strip is, for the most part, in depthwise registry with the linerecord, but deviates for a short distance so as to form a relativelysmall tab at one end of the carbon and a thumb notch at the other end ofthe carbon.

In another form of my invention disclosedin said application, theline.of weakening in the carbon is straight, but is offsetlongitudinally relative to the line of weakening in the record. When thestrips are severed, a tab, extending for the full width of the carbon,is formed at one end, and, at the other end of the pile of sheets, therecord for its full width extends beyond the adjacent edges of thecarbon.

In another form of my said invention, the line of weakening in thecarbon is straight and obliquely disposed with reference to the line ofweakening in the record, and again there is presented a wide projectingportion on the carbon at one end of the pile of strips and a wide pro-'jocting portion on the records at the other end of the pile of sheets.

In these embodiments, however, where the wide tab is formed, theweakening lines in the records and in the carbons terminate atcoinciding points at neither lateral edge of the strips in the formerinstance, and at only one lateral edge in the latter example.

According to the present invention, a wide tab and grip-escape space isprovided on the carbon, and yet, at both side edges of the pile ofstrips, the terminals of the weakening lines of the record strips andthe carbon strips substantially coincide.

In the form of the invention at present preferred, which is illustratedherein, the weakening lines 15 of the carbon strip are accordingly madein arcuate form so that the terminals I6 and I! of each thereof coincidewith the corresponding terminals l8 and IQ of the record.

Expressed another way, the line of weakening l3 in the record l formsthe chord of an arc at the end of the carbon. As shown in Fig. 4, when aset of record sheets Illa and carbon sheets Ila is torn off, at one endof the pile of sheets there are arcuate full width tabs 20 on the carbonstrips and arcuate full width spaces 2| at the other end of the carbonsheets between which the superposed portions 22 of the record sheets maybe grasped.

It will be seen that since the terminals l6 and ll of the lines in thecarbon strip are coincident with the terminals l8 and I9 in the recordstrip, the operation of tearing oil" a set of sheets Illa, I la beginsat the same point depthwise of the pile in both the record and thecarbon strips, and this is true whether the tear is from left to rightor right to left, and the diificulty attendant upon starting the tearingin the strips at points substantially out of registry is avoided.

By having the projecting transverse margin or tab in the carbon sheetextend for the entire width of the sheet, the user need not exercise anyspecial care in grasping the records and carbons at particular points solong as the records are grasped alone and the carbons are grasped alone,and thus I obtain the advantage of the full width tab of my priorapplication, and, at the same time, the advantage of being able to startthe tear at the same point in both the record and the carbon and fromeither side of the pile.

In the broader aspects of this invention, the weakening line IS in thecarbon need not be arcuate as shown, for it could be made up of twostraight segments as shown in Fig. 7. However, by making the line larcuate, the tearing operation becomes continuous and smooth, and is notinterrupted by an angular jog in the tear line 7 which wouldbe presentwith the embodiment of" the invention shown in Fig. 7.

By having the tab in the carbon wide so as toproject from edge to edgeof the sheet, I am able to fasten the record strips l0 and transferstrips H together by a plurality of staples or stitches on eachseverance line. For instance, as shown in Fig. 5, there may be twostaples 23, one near each longitudinal edge of the pile of strips,which, being substantially spaced apart, more securely hold the recordand transfer strips together against relative movement.

If desired, with the full width tab of the present invention, thesecuring staple 23 may be located on the longitudinal center line of thepile as usual and as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, or it may be located to oneside thereof as shown in Fig. 6.

When the continuous strips are zigzag folded to form a pack M, the foldline 24 in the carbon strips, as indicated in Fig. 1, forms the chord ofthe arcuate projecting tab.

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of thisinvention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

I claim:

1. Superposed record and transfer strips divided at equal intervals intosuccessive superposed sheets by weakening lines, the lines in the recordstrips being straight and intersecting the side edges of the strips atright angles, and the lines in the transfer strips intersecting bothside edges of the strips at oblique angles, the points of origin of eachof said angles being substan tially coincident with the adjacentterminal of the juxtaposed weakening line in the record strip.

2. superposed record and transfer strips divided at equal intervals intosuccessive superposed sheets by weakening lines, the lines in the recordstrips being straight and intersecting the side edges of the strips atright angles, the lines in the transfer strip extending arcuately fromone side edge of the strip to the other sideedge thereof. and theweakening lines of the record strip forming a chord of said arc.

3. superposed record and transfer strips divided at equal intervals intosuccessive superposed sheets by weakening lines, the lines in the recordstrips being straight and intersecting the side edges of the strips atright angles, the lines in the transfer strips having their terminals inregistry depthwise of the pile with the terminals of the lines in therecord strips, and deviating from the lines in the record strips for thefull length thereof so as to form a tab extending for substantially thefull width of the transfer strip.

4. superposed record and transfer strips,divided at equal intervals intosuccessive superposed sheets by weakening lines, the lines in thetransfer strips having their terminals in registry depthwise of the pilewith the terminals of the lines in the record strips, and continuouslydeviating from the lines in the record strips so as to form a tabextending for substantially the full width of the transfer strip.

5. A continuous transfer strip divided at intervals to form a successionof transfer sheets at form lengths and of similar outline by spacedtransversely disposed arcuate weakening lines, each line intersectingthe opposite longitudinal edges of the strip at substantially the sameoblique angle.

6. A continuous transfer strip zigzag folded at form length intervals toform a pile and divided at such intervals to form a succession oftransfer sheets of similar outline by spaced transverse- 1y disposedarcuatc weakening lines extending from side edge to side edge; the foldsin said strips constituting the chord of the arc of said arcuate lines.

7. superposed record and transfer strips divided at equal intervals intosuccessive superposed sheets by weakening lines, the lines in the recordstrips being straight and intersecting the side edges of the strips atright angles, the lines in the transfer strip extending arcuately fromone side edge of the strip to the other side edge thereof, and theweakening lines of the record strip forming a chord of said arc, andmeans -or.securing such stripstogether, said means being located on thechord of said are of the trans- 15 fer strips.

8. superposed record and transfer strips divided at equal intervals intosuccessive superposed sheets by weakening lines, the lines in the recordstrips being straight and intersecting the side edges of the strips atright angles, the lines in the transfer strip extending .arcuately fromone side edge of the strip to the other side edge thereof, and theweakening lines of the record strip forming a chord of said are, andmeans for securing such strips together, said means being located on thechord of said are of the transfer strips, and on both sides of thelongitudinal center line of the strips.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON.

